The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Edmonton Strathcona
Federal riding · AB · No. 48022 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Heather McPherson New Democratic
- 2025 result
- New Democratic hold by 8,259 votes
- Turnout
- 72.0% of 83,404 electors
- Population
- 111,545 2021 census
- Area
- 84 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Most candidates on the ballot in Alberta7 candidates stood · 3rd of 37 in Alberta · 24th of 343 in Canada
- Turnout72.0% of 83,404 electors voted · 102nd of 343 in Canada
- Area, smallest first84 km² · 113th of 343 in Canada
In brief
- Heather McPherson held the seat for the New Democratics by 8,259 votes (+13.9 points).
- 6% of today's riding was drawn from other ridings in 2023.
- Election-day and advance voters agreed on the winner; 61.7% of votes were cast on the day.
- Share of households that own their home is the 51st lowest of 343 ridings.
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Heather McPherson
IDid this riding change?
Yes. 6% of today's Edmonton Strathcona came from ridings other than the old Edmonton Strathcona.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
93.8%Edmonton Strathcona 98% of it kept
5.1%Edmonton Riverbend 7% of it kept
1.0%Edmonton Mill Woods 2% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.
IIThe 2025 result
New Democratic hold
Elected
Heather McPherson
New Democratic
28,027
47.0% of valid votes
Margin
8,259
votes · +13.9 pts
Runner-up
Miles Berry
Conservative
19,768
33.1% of valid votes
New Democratic 47.0% · Conservative 33.1% · Liberal 17.9%
Turnout72.0% of 83,404 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heather McPherson | New Democratic | 28,027 | 47.0% | 57.6% | −10.6 |
| Miles Berry | Conservative | 19,768 | 33.1% | 26.6% | +6.5 |
| Ron Thiering | Liberal | 10,709 | 17.9% | 9.0% | +8.9 |
4 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
| David Joel Wojtowicz | People's | 386 | 0.6% |
| Atul Deshmukh | Green | 366 | 0.6% |
| Graham Lettner | Independent | 250 | 0.4% |
| Christian Bourque | Other | 181 | 0.3% |
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.
IIIHow close was it, really
Swing needed to flip
7.0 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
10,709 votes
Liberal took more than the 8,259-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.
Election-day polls won by others
48 of 183
2 polls ended in an exact tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 4,130 voters switching from New Democratic to Conservative — 6.9% of the 59,687 valid votes, 7.0 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
New Democratic28,027
Conservative19,768
Still New Democratic by 8,259 votes. Actual margin: 8,259.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 61.7% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
New Democratic43.8%52.0%+8.2
Conservative35.2%29.8%−5.4
Liberal18.5%17.0%−1.5
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $80,000 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest147th lowest of 343
- Median age is 37.6 — a little lower than the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest52nd lowest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48.1% — about 1.7 times the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest53rd highest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 19.5% — a little higher than the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest158th highest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 51.5% — about 72 percent of the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest51st lowest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 2.8% — about 1.7 times the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest118th highest of 343
2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.
VIWhere it is
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The card
No. 48022AB · 2025
Edmonton Strathcona
Heather McPherson
- Result
- New Democratic hold by 8,259
- Turnout
- 72.0%
- Population
- 111,545
- Area
- 84 km²
Most candidates on the ballot in AlbertaTurnoutArea, smallest first
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